Showtime has officially announced that Penny Dreadful will be returning for a third season, set to debut in 2016. The series – which stars Eva Green, Josh Hartnett and Timothy Dalton, among others – will begin shooting its next nine episodes in Wicklow and Dublin, later this year.To date Penny Dreadful has featured the work of the following Stunt Guild Ireland members : …

We’ve got our first real look at Matt Damon as an astronaut in Ridley Scott’s upcoming sci-fi thriller The Martian. The film is an adaptation of a book written by Andy Weir, which follows an astronaut (Damon) who is part of the first team of space explorers to walk on Mars. Things don’t go too well for him when he …

Congratulations to the crew of the supernatural horror series ‘Penny Dreadful’ that picked up three BAFTAs Sunday for its portrayal of a murky Victorian London, with wins in production design, make up and hair design, and original music. http://variety.com/…/penny-dreadful-wins-three-baftas-1201…/ Season 2 airs Tuesday May 5th on Sky Atlantic at 9pm and features work from Stunt Guild Ireland members Aoife Byrne, …

Irish film ‘The Lobster’ will have its world premiere at this year’s 68th Cannes Film Festival, screening in the official competition. Starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Lea Seydoux, John C Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Olivia Colman and Michael Smiley, ‘The Lobster’ is a blackly funny love story set in a near future where finding love is a matter of life or …

HBO recently released a featurette on the stunts for Game of Thrones Season 5. Stunt Coordinator Rowley Irlam goes a bit more in-depth into the process of creating and choreographing the fight scenes. The fifth season of Sky Atlantic’s Game of Thrones will premiere on Monday 13 April at 9pm, the day after it returns in the US. Season 5 …

SGI member Brendan Condren’s recent work with Gary Greenberg on location in Northern Ireland. Part of the motorbike safety ad campaign “Save a biker, look twice”. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1421932701435035

Music video “Backbone of Night” for Speed of Snakes has been selected for the prestigious Berlin Music Video Awards 2015. Stunt Guild Ireland’s Peter Dillon was Stunt Coordinator and Fight Choreographer for the video, with acting and stunt performance from Darron Costello. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk7OXfsiXsc http://www.berlinmva.com/

History Channel’s bloodthirsty band of Vikings charge back to our screens on Feb. 19, the channel has released a suitably epic new trailer for the drama’s third season, which sees Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and his followers venturing back to England before taking on their greatest challenge yet — the purportedly impenetrable walls of Paris. As is to be expected, …

The new, fifth season of Sky Atlantic’s Game of Thrones will premiere on Monday 13 April at 9pm, the day after it returns in the US. Based on the bestselling book series by George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones is an epic drama set in the world of Westeros, where ambitious men and women of both honour and ill-repute live …

Showtime’s gothic drama returns on Sky Atlantic Tuesday 28th April at 9pm two days after premiering in the states with more monsters and even creepier imagery than before. Take an exclusive look at the Penny Dreadful video and see the behind the scenes action in season 2 http://www.tvguide.com/…/penny-dreadful-season-2-video-pro…/